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King's Quest

The Odd Gentlemen · Sierra · 2015-07-28

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Adventure

Modes: Single player · Perspectives: Third person, Side view

Releases: Jul 29, 2015 (Xbox One), Jul 28, 2015 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 28, 2015 (PlayStation 3), Jul 28, 2015 (PlayStation 4), Jul 29, 2015 (Xbox 360)

King’s Quest is a collection of five different chapter releases, each focusing on an untold tale in Graham’s past. Discover a wondrous world full of whimsical characters, charming puzzles and perilous dangers in this fun and enchanting coming of age story.

King's Quest is an Adventure game released in 2015, free-to-play, with an estimated 200,000 to 500,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (90% of 3016 reviews).

9
playing now
90%
positive of 3.0k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
71/100
critic score (2 outlets, IGDB)
80/100
IGDB user rating (36 ratings)
4.28★
PlayStation Store rating (22,228 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
Free
steam price (US)

9 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 05:00 UTC (census sample)

King's Quest is an episodic video game series developed by The Odd Gentlemen and published by Activision under the Sierra Entertainment brand name for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360 and Xbox One. It is a re-imagining of the long-running King's Quest adventure game series. The interface is not fully point-and-click, and the Windows version only uses point-and-click for the dialogue and first person scenes.

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 9 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 93 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~12/week).
  • · Review velocity up 26% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 7% of 28,945 Adventure games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2015-12-22)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
323220182026Week of 2018-01-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 29 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 3 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2132026-09-15 14:00 — 3 players2026-09-16 22:00 — 10 players2026-09-18 06:00 — 6 players2026-09-19 13:00 — 4 players2026-09-20 21:00 — 19 players2026-09-22 04:00 — 8 players2026-09-23 12:00 — 8 players2026-09-24 19:00 — 9 players2026-09-26 03:00 — 8 players2026-09-27 10:00 — 5 players2026-09-28 18:00 — 8 players2026-09-30 01:00 — 10 players2026-10-01 09:00 — 6 players2026-10-02 16:00 — 9 players2026-10-04 00:00 — 11 players2026-10-05 08:00 — 5 players2026-10-06 16:00 — 10 players2026-10-07 23:00 — 14 players2026-10-09 07:00 — 7 players2026-10-10 14:00 — 15 players2026-10-11 22:00 — 21 players2026-10-13 05:00 — 8 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 10 players2026-10-15 05:00 — 9 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1709Aug 2015Aug 2026Aug 2015 — avg 170 · peak 721Dec 2015 — avg 130 · peak 446Apr 2016 — avg 70 · peak 319Aug 2016 — avg 47 · peak 123Dec 2016 — avg 100 · peak 291Apr 2017 — avg 46 · peak 105Aug 2017 — avg 39 · peak 89Dec 2017 — avg 38 · peak 89Apr 2018 — avg 32 · peak 81Aug 2018 — avg 26 · peak 69Dec 2018 — avg 25 · peak 65Apr 2019 — avg 19 · peak 51Aug 2019 — avg 17 · peak 37Dec 2019 — avg 27 · peak 65Apr 2020 — avg 37 · peak 68Aug 2020 — avg 25 · peak 53Dec 2020 — avg 25 · peak 61Apr 2021 — avg 17 · peak 40Aug 2021 — avg 16 · peak 39Dec 2021 — avg 17 · peak 47Apr 2022 — avg 16 · peak 40Aug 2022 — avg 14 · peak 31Dec 2022 — avg 15 · peak 36Apr 2023 — avg 13 · peak 31Aug 2023 — avg 13 · peak 27Dec 2023 — avg 15 · peak 35Apr 2024 — avg 11 · peak 29Aug 2024 — avg 11 · peak 26Dec 2024 — avg 13 · peak 37Apr 2025 — avg 15 · peak 37Aug 2025 — avg 15 · peak 32Dec 2025 — avg 13 · peak 31Apr 2026 — avg 10 · peak 21Aug 2026 — avg 11 · peak 25
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$39.99$0.002015-07-012021-03-112015-07-01 — best price $39.992015-11-29 — best price $9.992016-02-05 — best price $7.492016-04-18 — best price $9.992016-07-04 — best price $29.992016-12-22 — best price $14.992017-02-25 — best price $29.992017-06-23 — best price $19.792017-08-21 — best price $16.742017-10-30 — best price $24.992017-12-21 — best price $19.992018-01-29 — best price $24.992018-05-28 — best price $16.742018-08-28 — best price $24.992018-11-24 — best price $16.742019-01-06 — best price $24.992019-04-09 — best price $16.742019-06-19 — best price $24.992019-09-23 — best price $16.742019-11-11 — best price $24.992019-12-19 — best price $12.492020-01-13 — best price $24.992020-03-09 — best price $16.742020-05-18 — best price $24.992020-08-03 — best price $16.742020-10-12 — best price $24.992020-12-22 — best price $12.492021-03-11 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

115452026-05-30 — 84 pageviews2026-06-03 — 83 pageviews2026-06-07 — 94 pageviews2026-06-11 — 81 pageviews2026-06-15 — 71 pageviews2026-06-19 — 76 pageviews2026-06-23 — 45 pageviews2026-06-27 — 83 pageviews2026-07-01 — 74 pageviews2026-07-05 — 75 pageviews2026-07-09 — 73 pageviews2026-07-13 — 92 pageviews2026-07-17 — 68 pageviews2026-07-21 — 85 pageviews2026-07-25 — 60 pageviews2026-07-29 — 112 pageviews2026-08-02 — 98 pageviews2026-08-06 — 85 pageviews2026-08-10 — 115 pageviews2026-08-14 — 104 pageviews2026-08-18 — 80 pageviews2026-08-22 — 66 pageviews2026-08-26 — 106 pageviews2026-08-30 — 81 pageviews2026-09-03 — 62 pageviews2026-09-07 — 95 pageviews2026-09-11 — 68 pageviews2026-09-15 — 78 pageviews2026-09-19 — 61 pageviews2026-09-23 — 98 pageviews2026-09-27 — 86 pageviews2026-10-01 — 73 pageviews2026-10-05 — 79 pageviews2026-10-08 — 61 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

53
achievements tracked
47.5%
earned "That's the Ticket"
12.4%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportFamily Sharing4 DLC

2 supported languages: English, French

Post-launch support: 4 DLC released, first 2015-12-15, latest 2016-10-25 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)14,9029%53
Xbox One (Xbox)6,59710%53
Steam (Steam)3,6686%53
PS3 (PlayStation)1,02910%53
Xbox 360 (Xbox)35648%53
PS4 (PlayStation)28936%53

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

FunnyRetroComedyPuzzleRemakeClassicFantasyEpisodicMedievalAdventure

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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Similarity via IGDB.

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